Surah Ibrahim, ayah 9
أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ ۛ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۛ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۚ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَرَدُّوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمْ فِىٓ أَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا تَدْعُونَنَآ إِلَيْهِ مُرِيبٍ
Has there not reached you the news of those before you - the people of Noah and ʿAad and Thamūd and those after them? No one knows them [i.e., their number] but Allāh. Their messengers brought them clear proofs, but they returned their hands to their mouths and said, "Indeed, we disbelieve in that with which you have been sent, and indeed we are, about that to which you invite us, in disquieting doubt."
Word by word
- أَلَمْalamHas not
- يَأْتِكُمْyatikumcome to you
- نَبَؤُا۟naba-u(the) news
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- مِنmin(were) before you
- قَبْلِكُمْqablikum(were) before you
- قَوْمِqawmithe people
- نُوحٍۢnūḥinof Nuh
- وَعَادٍۢwaʿādinand Aad
- وَثَمُودَ ۛwathamūdaand Thamud
- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
- مِنۢmin(were) after them
- بَعْدِهِمْ ۛbaʿdihim(were) after them
- لَاlāNone
- يَعْلَمُهُمْyaʿlamuhumknows them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
- جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumCame to them
- رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
- بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
- فَرَدُّوٓا۟faraddūbut they returned
- أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
- فِىٓfīin
- أَفْوَٰهِهِمْafwāhihimtheir mouths
- وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālūand they said
- إِنَّاinnāIndeed we
- كَفَرْنَاkafarnā[we] disbelieve
- بِمَآbimāin what
- أُرْسِلْتُمur'sil'tumyou have been sent
- بِهِۦbihiwith [it]
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
- لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
- شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
- مِّمَّاmimmāabout what
- تَدْعُونَنَآtadʿūnanāyou invite us
- إِلَيْهِilayhito it
- مُرِيبٍۢmurībinsuspicious
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